Dalny, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

This article is about the urban-type settlement in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. For the Chinese city called "Dalny" while under Russian control between 1898 and 1905, see Dalian.
Dalny (English)
Дальний (Russian)
-  Urban type settlement[1]  -
Work settlement[1]
(abolished)

Location of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in Russia
Dalny
Location of Dalny in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates: 67°34′39″N 160°46′21″E / 67.57750°N 160.77250°E / 67.57750; 160.77250Coordinates: 67°34′39″N 160°46′21″E / 67.57750°N 160.77250°E / 67.57750; 160.77250
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Chukotka Autonomous Okrug[1]
Administrative district Bilibinsky District
Statistics
Population (April 2012 est.) 0 inhabitants[2]
Time zone PETT (UTC+12:00)[3]
Abolished 1998[4]
Postal code(s)[5] 689450

Dalny (Russian: Да́льний , lit. remote or far) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located west of Bilibino.

History

The settlement was abandoned as a result of the extraction of gold no longer being economically viable.[6] The mines were declared unprofitable and that there was no possibility of developing any other form of economy in 1999 and the settlement was closed along with a number of others in Chukotka.[4] The Russian government guaranteed funds to transport non-working pensioners and the unemployed in liquidated settlements including Dalny from Chukotka to other parts of Russia.[4] The Ministry of railways was obliged to lease containers for the transportation of the migrants' goods to the Chukotkan administration and ensure that they were delivered to the various settlements.[4] Despite the mines closing, the Kupol Gold Project environmental impact assessment, still recorded three people remaining in the settlement as of 2005.[7] However, as of 2008 is in the process of being officially liquidated,[1] and a report on the Klen gold deposit for Highland Gold Mining Ltd reported the settlement as being deserted.[2]

In 1981, one of the world's largest iron meteorites, named "Bilibino", was discovered near the settlement.[8]

Transport

Dalny is not connected to any other inhabited location by permanent road except the now abandoned settlement of Devichiy.[9] However, there is a small network of roads within the settlement including:[10]

Climate

Dalny has a Continental Subarctic or Boreal (taiga) climate (Dfc).[11]

Climate data for Dalny
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) −3.5
(25.7)		 6.9
(44.4)		 −1
(30)		 8.2
(46.8)		 24.1
(75.4)		 32.6
(90.7)		 34
(93)		 30.4
(86.7)		 24.2
(75.6)		 14
(57)		 −1.6
(29.1)		 4
(39)		 32.6
(90.7)
Average high °C (°F) −31.2
(−24.2)		 −28.2
(−18.8)		 −18.5
(−1.3)		 −6.6
(20.1)		 6.4
(43.5)		 17.2
(63)		 18.9
(66)		 15.4
(59.7)		 6.8
(44.2)		 −7.1
(19.2)		 −24.2
(−11.6)		 −30.2
(−22.4)		 −6.8
(19.8)
Average low °C (°F) −36.8
(−34.2)		 −36
(−33)		 −32.1
(−25.8)		 −21.2
(−6.2)		 −4.7
(23.5)		 4.9
(40.8)		 6.2
(43.2)		 3.2
(37.8)		 −1.9
(28.6)		 −14.5
(5.9)		 −30.3
(−22.5)		 −35.4
(−31.7)		 −16.6
(2.1)
Record low °C (°F) −54.4
(−65.9)		 −53
(−63)		 −48.9
(−56)		 −40.2
(−40.4)		 −26.7
(−16.1)		 −5.7
(21.7)		 −3.4
(25.9)		 −7
(19)		 −16.4
(2.5)		 −35
(−31)		 −49.4
(−56.9)		 −52.4
(−62.3)		 −54.4
(−65.9)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 18
(0.71)		 18
(0.71)		 6
(0.24)		 9
(0.35)		 9
(0.35)		 33
(1.3)		 54
(2.13)		 39
(1.54)		 21
(0.83)		 15
(0.59)		 18
(0.71)		 15
(0.59)		 246
(9.69)
Average snowy days 31 27 20 12 7 2 0 0 8 20 25 31 176
Source: [12]

See also

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Law #33-OZ, Article 13.2
  2. 1 2 Micon International, p.1
  3. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  4. 1 2 3 4 Постановление Правительства РФ от 2 февраля 1998 г. N 128 О мерах социальной защиты населения ликвидируемых поселков золотодобытчиков в Чукотском автономном округe (Russian Federation Government resolution dated February 2, 1998 No. 128 on measures of social protection of the population of liquidating estates gold miners in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug "Russian Federation Government resolution dated February 2, 1998 No. 128 on measures of social protection of the population of liquidating estates gold miners in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. ↑ Dead Cities.ru - Dalny
  7. ↑ Bema Gold Corporation, p.89
  8. ↑ Лаборатория метеоритики Meteorites Laboratory, meteorites.ru
  9. ↑ Map Q-57-58 at Vlasenko.net
  10. ↑ Dalny - Bilibinsky District at Pochtovik Mail Delivery Company
  11. ↑ McKnight and Hess, pp.232-5
  12. ↑ "Weather averages for Dalny". meoweather.com. Retrieved September 29, 2012.

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